Electronics Worksheet: Project Planning
Remember (Input, process, output): Input = what is sensed (a reading, a button press). Process = what the program decides (compare with a limit, count). Output = what happens (pump on, buzzer, LED, phone alert). Plan → draw → build with an adult → test.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) count button presses (c) check if temp > 30 (d) a light level reading
- 2.Which of these is the process? (a) a button press (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a soil moisture reading (d) count button presses
- 3.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) the final price (b) the box colour (c) nothing at all (d) inputs and outputs
- 4.Which of these is the output? (a) an LED lights up (b) decide if soil is dry (c) check if temp > 30 (d) a light level reading
- 5.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) read the soil sensor (c) wait a few seconds (d) compare with the limit
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the fan starts (b) count button presses (c) compare with a limit (d) decide if soil is dry
- 7.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) test it and fix it (b) pick a problem to solve (c) build it with an adult (d) draw the circuit diagram
- 8.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the battery (b) the input (c) the process (d) the output
- 9.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “wait a few seconds” or “read the soil sensor”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds
- 10.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 11.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “switch the pump on/off”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) switch the pump on/off
- 12.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “list inputs and outputs”? (a) build it with an adult (b) pick a problem to solve (c) test it and fix it (d) draw the circuit diagram
- 13.Which of these is the output? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) a temperature reading (c) a buzzer beeps (d) compare with a limit
- 14.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the output. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a button press (c) an alert on the phone (d) the pump turns on
- 16.True or false: “a soil moisture reading” is the input. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a button press (b) a soil moisture reading (c) count button presses (d) a motion sensor signal
- 18.True or false: “the pump turns on” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) compare with a limit (c) decide if soil is dry (d) check if temp > 30
- 20.True or false: “the pump turns on” is the output. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) count button presses (c) a soil moisture reading (d) decide if soil is dry
- 22.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) wait a few seconds (b) compare with the limit (c) switch the pump on/off (d) read the soil sensor
- 23.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a soil moisture reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the pump turns on (c) the fan starts (d) compare with a limit
- 25.True or false: “check if temp > 30” is the output. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “list inputs and outputs” or “test it and fix it”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it
- 27.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “build it with an adult” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) build it with an adult (b) pick a problem to solve
- 28.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 29.Which of these is the process? (a) an alert on the phone (b) a button press (c) the fan starts (d) compare with a limit
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) a motion sensor signal (c) a temperature reading (d) decide if soil is dry
- 31.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
- 32.True or false: “the fan starts” is the output. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) count button presses (c) an LED lights up (d) decide if soil is dry
- 34.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) list inputs and outputs (c) pick a problem to solve (d) test it and fix it
- 35.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the process. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is the output? (a) a light level reading (b) a soil moisture reading (c) an alert on the phone (d) decide if soil is dry
- 37.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a temperature reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 38.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “compare with the limit” or “switch the pump on/off”? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) decide if soil is dry (c) check if temp > 30 (d) a motion sensor signal
Answer key
- a light level reading
- count button presses
- inputs and outputs
- an LED lights up
- read the soil sensor
- the fan starts
- test it and fix it
- the process
- read the soil sensor
- process
- read the soil sensor
- draw the circuit diagram
- a buzzer beeps
- True
- a button press
- True
- count button presses
- False
- the pump turns on
- True
- a soil moisture reading
- wait a few seconds
- input
- compare with a limit
- False
- list inputs and outputs
- pick a problem to solve
- output
- compare with a limit
- decide if soil is dry
- process
- True
- an LED lights up
- pick a problem to solve
- False
- an alert on the phone
- input
- False
- compare with the limit
- a motion sensor signal
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